1950 : Patrick CAMMAERT ‧ ‧ UN peacekeeping mission ‧ Force commander
1960 : Gerard JOLING ‧ ‧ singer
1966 : Marco BORSATO ‧ ‧ singer
1972 : Jakko Jan LEEUWANGH ‧ ‧ speed skater
1973 : Steven de JONGH ‧ ‧ cyclist
1973 : Tom SIX ‧ ‧ horror filmmaker
1981 : Maarten van der WEIJDEN ‧ ‧ long distance swimmer; 2008: Dutch Sportsman of the year
1983 Theo BOS ‧ ‧ cyclist
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Onderwijs in Alkmaar
TwinTowns
Darmstadt - Germany
Bath - UK
Tata - Hungary
Bergama - Turkey
Troyes - FRA
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Geschiedenis van ALKMAAR
10e eeuw : first mention of the name Alkmaar
1254 : Stadsrechten
1573 : Battle of ALKMAAR - Beleg door de Spaansche troepen o.l.v. Don FADRIQUE, zoon van de Hertog van ALVA. against the Prince of ORANGE
1568-1648 : Speelbal in Tachtigjarige Oorlog : 'Bij Alkmaar begint de Victorie'
1799 : Battle of CASTRICUM : Franse revolutie oorlogen
Mooie MAPS
2014 : BOS Atlas van Nederland
etcetera
Musea
Beatles Museum – dedicated to The Beatles, as John Lennon's first guitar was made in Alkmaar
Holland Cheese Museum – located in the historic weigh house
National Beer Museum "De Boom"
Op ArtMuseum
City Museum Alkmaar – for history of the city
Mayors of Alkmaar
see also projectpage 'Burgemeesters in Noord-Holland
Markante ingezetenen
1521 : Petrus Forestus (1521), physician
Willem Blaeu (1571), cartographer (may have been born in Uitgeest)
Metius (1571), geometer / astronomer
Cornelis Drebbel (1572), inventor of the first navigable submarine
Joan Blaeu (1598), cartographer
Cornelis van der Lijn (1608), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Caesar van Everdingen (1616/7), painter
Emanuel de Witte (1617), painter
Allaert van Everdingen (1621), painter
Willem de Fesch (1687), composer
Anna Smitshuizen (1751), murder victim
Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812), novelist
Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom (1854), chemist
Kees Boeke (1884), educator and pacifist
Jan Wils (1891), architect and founding member of the De Stijl movement
Cornelis Berkhouwer (1919), President of the European Parliament 1973-1975
Alfred Peet (1920), founder of American coffee retailer Peet's Coffee & Tea
Rudi Carrell (1934), entertainer
Rudi Vis (1941) British politician
Sybilla Dekker (1942), cabinet minister
Harm Ottenbros (1943), cyclist, 1969 world champion
Jos Punt (1946), bishop
Dick Quax (1948), long distance runner
Patrick Cammaert (1950), UN peacekeeping mission /Force commander
Gerard Joling (1960), singer
Marco Borsato (1966), singer
Jakko Jan Leeuwangh (1972), speed skater
Steven de Jongh (1973), cyclist
Tom Six (1973), horror filmmaker
Maarten van der Weijden (1981), long distance swimmer; Dutch Sportsman of the year 2008
Theo Bos (1983), cyclist
Markante gebouwen
Zie monumentenregister
Onderwijs in Alkmaar
TwinTowns
Darmstadt - Germany
Bath - UK
Tata - Hungary
Bergama - Turkey
Troyes - FRA
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